Militants Hired Kenyan Mall Shop, Security Sources Reveal
Senior security
sources have revealed that the militants who led the attack on a Kenyan
mall hired a shop there in the weeks leading up to the siege.
This gave them access to service lifts at Westgate enabling them to stockpile weapons and ammunition.
Having pre-positioned weapons they were able to re-arm quickly and repel the security forces.67 people are known to have died in the four-day siege, according to Kenya's Red Cross. 61 others are still missing.
Forensic experts are still combing the complex, looking for bodies and clues.
The
Somali Islamist group al-Shabab, which is part of al-Qaeda, claimed
responsibility for the attack at the
upmarket mall in the Kenyan
capital, Nairobi.Kenya is in its third day of official mourning for both the civilian and military victims of the attack.
